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VILA NOVA DE GAIA, Portugal – A rusting yellow production line dangles from the ceiling of the cavernous Valadares factory, the long racks of ceramic sinks and toilets whose manufacture once provided jobs for 1,500 people gathering dust in the dim light from high windows. The Portuguese factory shut down …

HAVANA – More than a dozen people in Cuba have been sentenced to between five and 15 years in prison for conspiring to divert millions of eggs to the black market. Communist Party newspaper Granma said Friday that 18 suspects were convicted and one was acquitted. Prosecutors had sought terms …

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The Maldives government has invited the United Nations and other international organizations to observe the former president’s appeal of his 13-year jail sentence. The United States, European Union and others have raised concerns about the court process that found Mohamed Nasheed guilty of ordering the arrest …